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                <li><b>Meeting:</b> Silicon Valley GTUG
                <li><b>Date:</b> April 2, 2008
                <li><b>Cost:</b> Always FREE to all!
                <li><b>Topic:</b> <a href="http://mg.to/2008/02/08/my-little-google-map">Mapping the Votes</a>: Building Election Maps
                <li><b>Speaker:</b> Michael Geary
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            <p>Although this is a free event, we are requesting that people register in advance
                and we will be limiting attendance to a maximum of 200 attendees. You can reserve
                your space by <a href="http://sv-gtug-4.eventbrite.com">registering here online</a>.</p>

            <img src="/image/head-description.jpg" width="122" height="25" border="0" alt="Description">
            <p>During the main meeting starting at 6:30pm, Michael Geary will present his work on mapping the
                2008 presidential primary results. This presentation is actually the final one in the current
                <a href="http://google-geo-developer-series.googlemashups.com/">Google GEO Developer Series</a>
                organized by Googlers Pamela Fox and Mano Marks. They are allowing us to co-host
                their final series meeting as our April GTUG meeting. The planned topics for Michael Geary's
                talk are:</p>

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                <li>Use the same code for a mapplet, a Google Gadget, and a Maps API map</li>
                <li>Turn shape files into map tiles, polygons, and markers</li>
                <li>Collect voting results into JSON objects</li>
                <li>Marker madness - can we make it fast enough?</li>
                <li>Hosting on Google Code and Amazon S3</li>
                <li>A custom Twitter map using Jabber to track keywords</li>
            </ul>

            <p>Please note that we are starting a half hour earlier than usual this month. During the networking
                hour starting at 5:30pm, we invite our members that develop applications
                using Google Maps to do "lightning" demos of no more than 5 minutes each. Please contact
                <a href="mailto:van.gtug@gmail.com">Van Riper</a> to indicate your interest to demo your
                stuff. Time permitting, we will include as many "lightning" demos as possible before the main
                event.</p>

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                <li><b>5:30-6:15pm</b> Arrive & mingle -- Food & drinks provided by Google</li>
                <li><b>6:15-6:30pm</b> General Announcements</li>
                <li><b>6:30-7:30pm</b> Michael Geary, Mapping the Votes</li>
                <li><b>7:30-8:00pm</b> End meeting by 8pm</li>
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            <img src="/image/head-location.jpg" width="92" height="19" border="0" alt="Location">
            <p>Google, Inc. (<a href="/image/map-googleplex.jpg">GooglePlex Map</a>)<br/>
            Tunis Conference Room, Bldg. 43<br/>
            1600 Amphitheatre Parkway<br/>
            Mountain View, CA 94043</p>

            <p>Please enter from the north side of the building, in the middle of the Google campus.
                Also, parking will be much easier to find in the lots south of Bldg. 44 across the
                street from the main complex.</p>

            <img src="/image/head-sponsors.jpg" width="94" height="25" border="0" alt="Sponsors">
            <p>We would like to thank <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> for providing
                the venue and the refreshments for this meeting.</p>

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